Biological control is widely successful at controlling pests, but effective biocontrol agents are
now more difficult to import from countries of origin due to more restrictive international trade …

Background Arthropods comprise the largest and most diverse phylum on Earth and play
vital roles in nearly every ecosystem. Their diversity stems in part from variations on a …

Regulation of male sexual differentiation by a Y chromosome-linked male determining factor
(M-factor) is one of a diverse array of sex determination mechanisms found in insects. By …

Abstract The New World Screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax, is a major pest of
livestock in South America and Caribbean. However, few genomic resources have been …

Abstract Background The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, is a cosmopolitan
agricultural pest of worldwide economic importance and a model for the development of the …

Abstract The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is based on the mass release of sterilized male
insects to reduce the pest population size via infertile mating. Critical for all SIT programs is …

Background The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, is the most important pest in the olive fruit
agribusiness industry. This is because female flies lay their eggs in the unripe fruits and …

The melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), is an important destructive pest
worldwide. Functional studies of the genes associated with development and reproduction …

BACKGROUND Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) is a notorious agricultural pest worldwide, and
its resistance to insecticides is a major obstacle in successful control. Cytochrome P450s …

Abstract Background Bactrocera tryoni and Bactrocera neohumeralis mate asynchronously;
the former mates exclusively around dusk while the latter mates during the day. The two …